Or if they don't care for RT you can spec the khaine tree for even more damage and stat stealing capabilities. In WW spec you can still put out a lot of damage and heals with modified gear and tactics. BO's are not superior in their utility outside of cooldown reduction. If someone doesn't care about damage mitigation then they don't know enough bout RT.
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There's plenty to do as a WW bot, I wouldn't see how it's boring. Never been asked about it once as WW > everything else.
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I don't play one but have heard they are more generally useful than SM).Īs for DT + RT. And maybe BO are in a similar situation with having one ability everybody wants them for and no other reason (I don't know. It is required and the only reason anybody asks for a SM is as a WW bot. If people don't care about DT+RT then they most likely don't know about it. Well why on earth would you not run WW when you are vaul/hoeth specced, it's the same issue for black orcs as well. And Healmaster is another possibility if it actually did enough healing to sorta matter under any kind of pressure (it doesn't but can look good on the scoreboard). DT + RT is the closest but not enough as nobody ever cares (or asks) if I have it slotted. None of those other abilities you mention would, individually or taken as a whole, would get an SM a warband slot over an IB or a Knight. The slot would be taken by an IB rather easily. My point, to be clear, is that nobody would have a SM join the warband if they didn't have Whispering Wind. At rr83 I am well aware of what abilities my Shieldmaster has. On top of Winds you have your knockback, aoe interrupt and aoe damage debuffs to counter their channeling and damage output of their blob. For order it's all we have to barely compete with it. Your winds is crucial because choppa's give the group 20 seconds every 40 seconds of reduced cooldowns and the black orc 10 seconds every 20 seconds. Out of curiosity what else makes SM "meta"? I am truly curious b/c when I join a premade for city as a WW Shieldmaster nobody says anything about any of my other abilities but they are very, very, very interested in me firing off WW every 20-24 seconds.Īnd nobody cares about me joining when I'm in 2-hander mode unless they are desperate for a guard. Its not just the WW buff that makes SM meta, lol.
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BO has option for more raw damage, SM gets a lot more spirit damage. SM has the same mechanics as BO, and is basically the same class.